Pharsalia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Pharsālia (“the region of Pharsalus”), borrowed as a title for Lucan's poem from a line in the work itself: “Pharsālia nostra / vīvet” (“Our Pharsalia / will live”, book 9, lines 985–6). The original Latin title was Dē Bellō Cīvīlī (“On the Civil War”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɑːˈseɪli.ə/
- Rhymes: -eɪliə
Proper noun edit
Pharsalia
- An epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan describing Caesar's Civil War.
- (historical) The Battle of Pharsalus of 48 B.C.E.
- 1931, Ernst Kantorowicz, translated by Emily Lorimer, Frederick the Second, page 202:
- […] much as Caesar's tale of portents on the day of Pharsalia, showed Caesar in harmony with the Roman Pantheon.
- (historical) The region around Pharsalus (modern Farsala), a Greek town.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
poem by Lucan
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱ (Pharsālíā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰarˈsaː.li.a/, [pʰärˈs̠äːlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /farˈsa.li.a/, [färˈsäːliä]
Proper noun edit
Pharsālia f sg (genitive Pharsāliae); first declension
- The region around Pharsalus.
- The Battle of Pharsalus of 48 B.C.E.
- Lucan's poem, the Pharsalia.
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Pharsālia |
Genitive | Pharsāliae |
Dative | Pharsāliae |
Accusative | Pharsāliam |
Ablative | Pharsāliā |
Vocative | Pharsālia |